A family name on West 13th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey
The McMillans
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named McMillan at two addresses in 1940, all on West 13th Avenue, with the close spellings MacMillan and Macmillan. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 96 other streets too, all listed on the McMillan name's own page.
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Where the McMillans lived
- 1
4478 West 13th Avenue
West Point Grey, 1940
- P D McMillan, a clerk at Imperial Oil 1940
- Alberta J C McMillan, widow of P D 1940
Next door in 1940: J S Hucks at 4468 and Mrs E Tarlton at 4484. The block, door by door
- 2
4606 West 13th Avenue
West Point Grey, 1940
- Alice M McMillan, a saleswoman at Spencer's 1940
Next door in 1940: J M Anderson at 4616. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a clerk and a saleswoman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in West Point Grey (2). Each neighbourhood's page shows its trades, its people and every street in it, the way the directory printed them.
The story, address by address
In 1940 the directory lists P D McMillan at 4478 West 13th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked *: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of our knowledge (the directory's own mark). The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists P Don McMillan there as the householder, a clerk at Imperial Oil, with Alberta J C McMillan, widow of P D. The 1940 name section lists Alice M McMillan at 4606 West 13th Avenue, a saleswoman at Spencer's.
Today
4606 West 13th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1939 by the City's record; 4478 West 13th (2008) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *McMillan P D4478 West 13th, p. 213
- McMillan Alberta J C wid P D4478 West 13th, p. 395
- McMillan P Don clk Imp Oil4478 West 13th, p. 396
- McMillan Alice M slswm Spencers4606 West 13th, p. 395
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the McMillans
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the McMillan name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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Another name, or a house
Sources
Henderson's and successor city directories for Vancouver, read by us line by line: the street sections for 1905, 1915, 1925, 1935, 1940 and 1945, and the name section for 1930 and 1940 where we've read it (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories). Names are shown through 1945, as printed. Close spellings are grouped, as on the house pages, since a family's name was often spelled differently from one year to the next; one name can still be several families, and we join lines only where the first names or initials agree. Many Chinese, Japanese and other residents weren't named by the canvassers, so they can't be listed by name: their houses' pages say where. More family names under M. Want a name removed? Tell us.